Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/14

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Subject: [Leica] HELP requested, badly - serious for a change
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Wed Nov 14 08:47:27 2007
References: <473ABBAE.30109@numericable.fr>

I have a slightly different take.  If shot vertically then most of the
exposure issues go away as the extreme brightness on the upper right
goes away.  Two, shift to a orange or red filter which will bring the
sky to the upper right into exposure control.  Three, carry a split ND
and use it rotated to the right to just bring down the sky, possibly a
two stop soft edge but maybe a three stop.

If you are shooting digitally then use a motor drive with bracketing
on and do three frames with a two stop bracket on either side of the
eposure you set to bring the tub to possibly zone 7.  With 2.5 to
three frames/second you probably don't need a tripod if you set up
like you were using a slow shutter speed.  Then use HDR in PS to merge
the image to your taste.

On film I would do the same but scan and procede the same.  If you
enjoy the darkroom then use one negative to print most of the scene
and another for the sky.

On 11/14/07, Philippe Amard <phamard@numericable.fr> wrote:
> All,
>
> I just posted a photo of a tub in the mountains as a joke, but I'd now
> like to have your opinion on how to assess/measure light to take a shot
> such as the original one. <http://tinyurl.com/3y6564>
>
> I know there are several schools.
> Some will even say, not feasible in those circumstances, particularly
> with digital.
>
> But I'd like to know from you, on or off-list how ytou would handle such
> a difficult shot.
>
> I have lettered what I think are the main areas in terms of what should
> be seen or hidden in the picture.
>
> This one was 100 ISO, center spot, 1/15th at 22 yellow filter on and
> processed in LR as zeroed, then grey scale, before import to PSE for
> lettering and size reduction.
>
> All comments more welcome than ever, and suggestions desperately needed
> if I'm ever to improve.
>
> Thanks in anticipation
> Phil...x
>
>
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-- 
Don
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